Lead representative Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State offered a hint of dissatisfaction when Nduka Obaigbena, pioneer behind THISDAY and ARISE TV ridiculed Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State at the end of the week.
Obaigbena, who facilitated compelling characters in his old neighborhood in Delta State during the memorial service of his mom, Margaret Obaigbena, had momentarily taken the mouthpiece from Shina Peters, Afro Juju vocalist, who was engaging the visitors.
The distributer, who was feeling loose, had applauded Tambuwal for certain tunes.
He began by singing, “Legislative leader of Sokoto”, to which a few people chorused, “Tambuwal”; “Executive of PDP Governors’ Forum,” and individuals answered, “Tambuwal!”; “Official competitor, Tambuwal!”; “Future president”, Tambuwal!.”
Tambuwal, who sat close to Obaigbena, shook his head, signaling in a way that he didn’t support it when the distributer said, “Wike ‘lule”, yet Obaigbena continued to pound on it.
Lule, a word in Yoruba which signifies “fallen or fizzled”, tracked down its direction into the Nigerian political dictionary after the eruption of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Presidential Candidate of the APC, in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital in June.
Tinubu, who had said it showed up there was a group facing him in the official race had said it was his chance to be president.
He had said President Muhammadu Buhari bombed in his bid to be president threefold until he collaborated with the occupant president.
The next month, THISDAY had Lule on its cover page while detailing the deficiency of the decision party in the Osun governorship political race.
“APC, Tinubu, Oyetola in Osun: Won Lu’le, PDP’s Adeleke Wins”, was the title of the lead story on THISDAY a day after the political race.
In the interim, Tambuwal and Wike who were partners dropped out after the PDP primaries won by previous Vice-President Atiku Abubakar.
While Atiku surveyed 371 votes, Wike accumulated 237 votes.
Tambuwal, who was a wannabe had ventured down for Atiku, a move seen to have lit up the possibilities of the official competitor.